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|preceded=[[Calhoun Allen]] (under city commission form of government)
|preceded=[[Calhoun Allen]] (under city commission form of government)
|succeeded=John Brennan Hussey (under mayor-council form of government)
|succeeded=John Brennan Hussey (under mayor-council form of government)
|birth_place=[[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=[[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]
|birth_date=September 26, 1930
|birth_date=September 26, 1930
|resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
|resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|spouse=Marvelle Warren Hanna
|spouse=(1) Divorced<br>
|children=Four children<br>
(2) Marvelle Warren Hanna
|children=Four daughters from first marriage<br>
Two stepsons from second marriage<br>
'''Parents''':br>
'''Parents''':br>
William Thomas, Sr., and Irma Belle Adams Hanna
William Thomas, Sr., and Irma Belle Adams Hanna
|relations=[[Owen D. Adams]] (first cousin)
|relations=[[Owen D. Adams]] (first cousin)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Clifton Ellis Byrd High School<br>[[Louisiana State University]]}}
|alma_mater=Clifton Ellis Byrd High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]}}
'''William Thomas Hanna, Jr.,''' known as '''Bill Hanna, Jr.''' (September 26, 1930 – December 17, 2016), was a [[Ford]] Motor Company] [[automobile]] dealer who served a single term from 1978 to 1982 as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the first mayor under the current mayor-council form of government.
'''William Thomas Hanna, Jr.,''' known as '''Bill Hanna, Jr.''' (September 26, 1930 – December 17, 2016), was a [[Ford]] Motor Company] [[automobile]] dealer who served a single term from 1978 to 1982 as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the first under the current mayor-council form of government.
==Background==
Born in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], to William Hanna, Sr. (1903-1980), and the former Irma Belle Adams (1907-1980). The couple married in 1925 in an airplane traveling 75 miles per hour some 2,000 feet above the surface of the earth, a unique wedding for that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174152980/william-thomas-hanna|title=William Thomas "Bill" Hanna, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>Hanna's mother was the aunt of [[Owen D. Adams]], one of the first [[Republican Party|Republicans]] elected to the former Caddo Parish Police Jury and later for twelve years as the mayor of Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish.
Born in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], to William Hanna, Sr. (1903-1980), and the former Irma Belle Adams (1907-1980). The couple married in 1925 in an airplane traveling 75 miles per hour some 2,000 feet above the surface of the earth, a unique wedding for that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174152980/william-thomas-hanna|title=William Thomas "Bill" Hanna, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>Hanna's mother was the aunt of [[Owen D. Adams]], one of the first [[Republican Party|Republicans]] elected to the former Caddo Parish Police Jury and later for twelve years as the mayor of Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish.